1609 Samuel de Champlain explores Vermont and claims the land for France.
1666 The French built their first settlement, Forte Saint Anne on an island in Lake Champlain.
1724 The British established Fort Dummer in the South east part of the state.
1754 The French and Indian War begins.
1762 The first church was established Bennington.
1763 The British win the French and Indian War and take control of Vermont.
1769 Dartmouth College was established.
1775 Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga.
1777 Vermont declares itself an independent republic.
1777 Vermont become the first state to outlaw slavery.
1777 American troops defeated General Burgoyne at Bennington.
1787 Montpelier is established by Colonel Jacob Davis and General Parley Davis.
1790 Vermont settles its land disputes with New York and New Hampshire.
1791 Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th state.
1805 The state capital is moved to Montpelier from Windsor.
1881 Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st President of the United States.
1923 President Coolidge is sworn in at his fathers farm in Plymouth Notch after the death of President Warren Harding.